Deputy governors

Subordinated to Madras Presidency

• 1685: Ralph Ord
• 1685 - 1690: Benjamin Bloom
• 1690 - 1691: James Sowdon
• 1691 - 1695: Charles Fleetwood
• 1695 - 1696: Charles Barwell
• 1696 - 1699: Matthew Mildmay
• 1699 - 1700: Robert Broughton
• 1700 - 17 Dec 1705: Richard Watts
• 1705 - 1708: Matthew Ridley
• 1708: James Cross
• 1708: Abraham Hoyle
• 1708: John Delapie
• 1708 - 1710: Robert Skingle
• 1710: Jeremiah Harrison (Supervisor)
• 1710 - 1711: Anthony Ettricke
• 1711 - 1712: John Daniell
• 1712 John Hunter
• 1712 - 1716: Joseph Collett - On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed Governor.
• 1716 - 1717: Theophilus Shyllinge
• 1717 - 1718: Richard Farmer
• 1718 - 1719: Thomas Cooke (Supervisor)
• 1719 - 1723: Isaac Pyke
• 1723: Thomas Dunster
• 1723 - 1728: Joseph Walsh
• 1728 - 1730: Nicholas Morse
• 1730 - 1731: Stephen Newcome
• 1731 - 1736: Francis Everest
• 1736 - 1746: Robert Lennox                    
• 1746 - 1752: Joseph Hurlock
• 1752 - 1754: Robert Hindley
• 1754 - 1755: John Walsh (Supervisor)
• 1755  : John Pybus
• 1755 - 1756: Thomas Combes
• 1757 - 1758: Randolph Marriott
• 1758 - 2 April 1760: Roger Carter
• 2 Apr 1760 - 1760: Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (French Commander)

Governors of Bencoolen Presidency

• Feb 1762 - Jul 1762: Samuel Ardley (acting)  
• 1760 - 1767: Roger Carter
• 1767 - 1776: Richard Wyatt
• 1776: Robert Hay
• 1776 - 1780: William Broff
• 1780 - 1781: Hew Steuart
• 1781 - 1785: Edward Coles

In 1785, Bencoolen became a Residency, within the Bengal Presidency

Deputy governors of Bencoolen

• 1785 - 1786: John Crisp (1st time)
• 1786 - 1787: Thomas Palmer
• 1787 - 1789: George Salmon (Supervisor)
• 1789 - 1793: John Crisp (2nd time)
• 1793 - 1799: Robert Broff
• 1799: John Crisp (3rd time)
• 1799 - 1800: Philip Braham (acting)
• 1800 - 1805: Walter Ewer

Residents of Bencoolen

• April 1805 - 23 December 1807: Thomas Parr
• 1808 - 1810: Richard Parry
• 1810 - 1812: William Parker
• 1812 - 22 Mar 1818: George John Siddons

Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen

• 1818 - 1824: Stamford Raffles - who enacted major reforms, including the abolishment of slavery, as well as founding of Singapore.

Resident of Bencoolen

• 1824 - 1 Mar 1825: John Prince